Classic Chocolate Chips Cookies

4.72 from 45 votes

These bakery style chocolate chip cookies are the quintessential classic cookie that's chewy with crisp edges and gooey centers!

Prep Time15

Cook Time13

Total Time28

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 304kcal

Author: Britney

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In the bowl of a stand mixer using the paddle attachment, beat room temperature butter for 3 minutes, until light and fluffy. Add brown sugar, sugar, and vanilla extract. Continue to mix for another 2 minutes.
Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add one egg. Mix for one minute. Scrape down the sides of the bowl again and add the second egg. Mix for another minute.
In a separate bowl, whisk together bread flour, flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to stand mixer and mix together until fully incorporated, about 30 seconds. Add chocolate chips and fold into the dough.
Use a large cookie scoop or roughly 2-2.5 tbsps of dough and roll into a ball. Place 4-5 cookie dough balls on each baking sheet, giving cookies about 3 inches of space.
Bake cookies for 13-14 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 2-3 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack or plate to cool.
Garnish with flake salt and enjoy!

Tips

Ensure that you always level off your ingredients when measuring. This ensures that you are using the correct amount of flour/sugar etc. What does this mean? It means that when you measure a cup of flour (or whatever ingredient), that you remove excess flour that doesn't fit in the measuring cup.
Do not use parchment paper to line your baking sheet. The parchment paper causes the cookies to spread too much and they'll be flat. Simply use a nonstick large baking sheet. Don't worry about the bottoms of your cookies burning, you're technically underbaking them and allowing them to cool to set so that they're both gooey but still have those crisp edges.
Use room temperature butter. When beating the butter, beat the butter for the full 3 minutes as listed in the recipe. This will absolutely make a difference, I promise! Also, be sure to add the eggs one at a time.
... this is the hardest thing to do but SO worth it. Let the cookies cool. Let. The. Cookies. Cool! It gives them time to set. If you love warm cookies, you can always warm them back up, but it's SO crucial to allow them to cool when you first take them out of the oven. I cannot stress this enough. Allowing them to cool lets the cookies set and gives you that lovely texture that we know and love. Also, this gives time for the flavors to come together! You can't skip this step!
Follow the recipe. Exactly. Measure your ingredients, follow each step, and most importantly, have fun! Happy baking!